Colombian Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez listens to a speech during the New Journalism Prize awards ceremony at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MARCO) in Monterrey in this October 2, 2007 file photo. Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on April 17, 2014. He was 87. Known affectionately to friends and fans as "Gabo", he is arguably Latin America's best-known author and his books have sold in the tens of millions.

In this March 3, 2000 file photo, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, left, and Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez speak during a dinner at the annual cigar festival in Havana, Cuba. Marquez died on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City.

In this Oct. 20,1995 file photo, PLO Leader Yasser Arafat greets Nobel laureate Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez during the closing ceremonies of the Non-Aligned Summit in Cartagena, Colombia. In the background is Colombian President Ernesto Samper. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City.

Colombian Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez gestures upon his arrival at Diagonal Palace in Barcelona in this April 28, 2005 file photo. Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on April 17, 2014. He was 87. Known affectionately to friends and fans as "Gabo", he is arguably Latin America's best-known author and his books have sold in the tens of millions.

This undated file photo of Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez is seen in an unknown location. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. Garcia Marquez's magical realist novels and short stories exposed tens of millions of readers to Latin America's passion, superstition, violence and inequality.

In this May 30, 2007 file photo, Colombia's Literature Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez sticks out his tongue to photographers as he arrives on a train to Aracataca, his hometown in northeastern Colombia. At right is his wife Mercedes Barcha who accompanied the writer on his first visit to his hometown in 25 years. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City. Garcia Marquez's magical realist novels and short stories exposed tens of millions of readers to Latin America's passion, superstition, violence and inequality.

Handout picture released by the press service of Colombian elected President Juan Manuel Santos (L) as he poses with Colombian Literature Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in Mexico City on July 22, 2010. Colombia's Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17, 2014 in Mexico City at the age of 87, Mexican and Colombian media reported.

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Spain's King Juan Carlos (left) hugs Colombian writer and Nobel Prize for Literature 1982 Gabriel Garcia Marquez during the IV International Congress of the Spanish Language, 26 March 2007 in Cartagena, Colombia. Colombia's Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17, 2014 in Mexico City at the age of 87, Mexican and Colombian media reported. Garcia Marquez, the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude," passed away at his home with his wife and two sons by his side, Mexico's Televisa anchor Joaquin Lopez-Doriga said on Twitter, echoing reports in Mexican and Colombian newspapers.

Former US President Bill Clinton (right) speaks with Colombian writer and 1982 Literature Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez during the IV International Congress of the Spanish Language on March 26, 2007 in Cartagena, Colombia. Colombia's Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17, 2014 in Mexico City at the age of 87, Mexican and Colombian media reported. Garcia Marquez, the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude," passed away at his home with his wife and two sons by his side, Mexico's Televisa anchor Joaquin Lopez-Doriga said on Twitter, echoing reports in Mexican and Colombian newspapers.

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Nobel Literature prize-winning writer and journalist, Colombian Gabriel Garcia Marquez, gestures while coming out from his house to meet the press during his 87th birthday, in Mexico City, on March 6, 2014. Colombia's Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17, 2014 in Mexico City at the age of 87, Mexican and Colombian media reported.

Colombian Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez greets journalists and neighbours on his birthday outside his house in Mexico City in this March 6, 2014 file photo. Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on April 17, 2014. He was 87. Known affectionately to friends and fans as "Gabo", he is arguably Latin America's best-known author and his books have sold in the tens of millions.

Colombian Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez (L) talks with Antonio Garcia (center), second in command of the 5,000-strong Colombian National Liberation Army (ELN) and Francisco Galan, commissioner of the ELN, after a meeting in Havana, in this December 16, 2005 file photo. Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on April 17, 2014. He was 87. Known affectionately to friends and fans as "Gabo", he is arguably Latin America's best-known author and his books have sold in the tens of millions.

Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez is pictured after receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature from the hand of King Carl Gustav of Sweden (out of frame) in Stockholm on December 1982. Colombia's Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17, 2014 in Mexico City at the age of 87, Mexican and Colombian media reported. Garcia Marquez, the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude," passed away at his home with his wife and two sons by his side, Mexico's Televisa anchor Joaquin Lopez-Doriga said on Twitter, echoing reports in Mexican and Colombian newspapers.

Cuban President Fidel Castro (L) talks with the Colombian Nobel Laureate of Literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, during a dinner at the closing of the Cuban Cigars Festival in Havana, Cuba, on March 4, 2000. Colombia's Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17, 2014 in Mexico City at the age of 87, Mexican and Colombian media reported. Garcia Marquez, the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude," passed away at his home with his wife and two sons by his side, Mexico's Televisa anchor Joaquin Lopez-Doriga said on Twitter, echoing reports in Mexican and Colombian newspapers.

In this March 6, 2014 file photo, Colombian Nobel Literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez greets fans and reporters outside his home on his 87th birthday in Mexico City. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City.

Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez (left) receives the Nobel Prize for Literature from the hand of King Carl Gustav of Sweden 10 December 1982 in Stockholm. Colombia's Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17, 2014 in Mexico City at the age of 87, Mexican and Colombian media reported. Garcia Marquez, the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude," passed away at his home with his wife and two sons by his side, Mexico's Televisa anchor Joaquin Lopez-Doriga said on Twitter, echoing reports in Mexican and Colombian newspapers.

Colombian Nobel Prize for Literature 1982 Gabriel Garcia Marquez (left) leans out of the window of the train upon arrival at his hometown Aracataca, Colombia 30 May, 2007. Colombia's Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17, 2014 in Mexico City at the age of 87, Mexican and Colombian media reported. Garcia Marquez, the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude," passed away at his home with his wife and two sons by his side, Mexico's Televisa anchor Joaquin Lopez-Doriga said on Twitter, echoing reports in Mexican and Colombian newspapers.

In this March 9, 2007 file photo made available by the Cuba's National Information Agency (AIN), Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, right, stands with Cuban singer Pablo Milanes in Havana, Cuba.

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Colombian writer and Nobel Prize Gabriel Garcia Marquez waves to fans, after the inauguration of IV International Congress of the Spanish Language, in Cartagena, Colombia, 26 March 2007. Colombia's Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17, 2014 in Mexico City at the age of 87, Mexican and Colombian media reported. Garcia Marquez, the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude," passed away at his home with his wife and two sons by his side, Mexico's Televisa anchor Joaquin Lopez-Doriga said on Twitter, echoing reports in Mexican and Colombian newspapers.

Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez is all smiles after the announcement that he was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature 19 October 1982 in Mexico City. Colombia's Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17, 2014 in Mexico City at the age of 87, Mexican and Colombian media reported. Garcia Marquez, the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude," passed away at his home with his wife and two sons by his side, Mexico's Televisa anchor Joaquin Lopez-Doriga said on Twitter, echoing reports in Mexican and Colombian newspapers.

Colombian Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez gestures as he attends a dinner in U.S. President Barack Obama's honor at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City in this April 16, 2009 file photo. Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on April 17, 2014. He was 87. Known affectionately to friends and fans as "Gabo", he is arguably Latin America's best-known author and his books have sold in the tens of millions.

In this Dec. 2, 2006 file photo, Cuba's acting President Raul Castro, brother of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, left, chats with Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez during a military parade in Havana, Cuba. Marquez died on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City.

Colombian Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez listens to a speech during the New Journalism Prize awards ceremony at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MARCO) in Monterrey in this October 2, 2007 file photo. Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on April 17, 2014. He was 87. Known affectionately to friends and fans as "Gabo", he is arguably Latin America's best-known author and his books have sold in the tens of millions.

In this Dec.13, 2002 file photo, film director Roman Polanski, left, and Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez speak during the closing ceremony of the Cuban International Film Festival in Havana, Cuba. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City.

Colombian Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez celebrates the 20th anniversary of his novel "100 Years of Solitude" in Bogota in this June, 1987 file photo. Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on April 17, 2014. He was 87. Known affectionately to friends and fans as "Gabo", he is arguably Latin America's best-known author and his books have sold in the tens of millions.